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The Right Honourable Amelia Ramos
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Gillian Keegan
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
In office 21 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Bridget Phillipson
In office 11 May 2010 – 26 June 2016
Leader	Harriet Harman Ed Milliband Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Michael Gove
Succeeded by	Lucy Powell
Labour Party Deputy National Campaign Coordinator
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2022
Leader	Keir Starmer
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 5 April 2020 – 9 May 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	John McDonnell
Succeeded by	Rachel Reeves
Minister of State for Schools and Learners
In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Jim Knight
Succeeded by	Nick Gibb
Minister of State for Health
In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Andy Burnham
Succeeded by	Mike O'Brien
Member of Parliament for Halifax
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Alice Mahon
Majority	7,548 (18.7)
Member of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council for Ovenden
In office 6 May 1999 – 7 December 2001
Preceded by	Linda June Riordan
Succeeded by	Bryan Thomas Raymond Smith
Personal details
Born	Amelia Rubio de Núñez (1972-02-02) 2 February 1972 Madrid, Spain
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Children	4
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Amelia Ramos (born 2 February 1972) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Halifax in 2001. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2010 to 2016 and 2022 to 2024.

Early life, family and education

Amelia Rubio de Núñez was born on 2 February 2001 in Madrid, Spain. Her mother is Isabella Rubio, who was a flight attendant and is a restaurant owner from Havana, Cuba. Her father was Rafael Rubio, a hotel manager from Managua, Nicaragua. Amelia had a modest upbringing in Halifax, England when her parents moved from Spain to the UK in 1976.

Ramos attended Ryburn Valley High School. She never had any interest in education, until she completed her A-Levels where she attained three A-Levels in Chemistry, Biology and English Literature. She went on to read chemistry at Balliol College, Oxford graduating with a first class honours in 1993. She joined Labour as a member at thirteen years old, and was elected co-chair of the Oxford University Labour Club in 1992. Ramos then embarked on an MSc course in chemistry at Stanford University, California. Whilst in California, Ramos worked for Nancy Pelosi, the future Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. After university, she returned to Yorkshire, where she worked as an advisor to future Prime Minister Tony Blair and was elected as a councillor in Calderdale.

Electoral history

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amelia Ramos	15,459	38.3	−6.4
	Reform UK	James Griffith-Jones	7,911	19.6	+13.6
	Conservative	Hazel Sharp	6,942	17.2	−25.2
	Green	Martin Hey	4,198	10.4	+8.4
	Workers Party	Shakir Saghir	2,543	6.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Jackson	2,381	5.9	+1.0
	Independent	Purveen Hussain	928	2.3	New
Majority			7,548	18.7	+16.4
Turnout			40,363	52.1	−12.2
Registered electors			77,516
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amelia Ramos	20,767	44.7	−12.0
	Conservative	Kashif Ali	19,698	42.4	+4.2
	Brexit Party	Sarah Wood	2,787	6.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	James Baker	2,276	4.9	+2.7
	Green	Bella Jessop	929	2.0	New
Majority			1,069	2.3	−16.2
Turnout			46,458	64.6	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2017: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amelia Ramos	27,429	56.7	+4.0
	Conservative	Chris Pearson	18,479	38.2	+11.8
	UKIP	Mark Weedon	1,402	2.9	−14.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Baker	1,064	2.2	−1.2
Majority			8,950	18.5	−7.8
Turnout			48,375	67.9	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2015: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amelia Ramos	23,058	52.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Philip Allott	11,551	26.4	−2.2
	UKIP	Liz Phillips	7,569	17.3	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Ilyas	1,488	3.4	−14.6
	Green	Gary Scott	919	2.1	New
	Respect	Asama Javed	481	1.1	New
	Christian	Trevor Bendrien	175	0.4	New
Majority			11,507	26.3	+5.8
Turnout			43,753	62.1	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2010: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Amelia Ramos	21,386	49.1	−0.3
	Conservative	Philip Allott	12,457	28.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Wilson	7,840	18.0	+2.0
	BNP	Tom Bates	1,045	2.4	−1.9
	Independent Voice for Halifax	Diane Park	436	1.0	New
	UKIP	Jay Sangha	392	0.9	New
Majority			8,929	20.5	+1.2
Turnout			43,555	61.9	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Amelia Ramos	19,592	49.4	+0.4
	Conservative	Kris Hopkins	11,937	30.1	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Taylor	6,345	16.0	+1.4
	BNP	Geoff Wallace	1,705	4.3	New
	National Front	Tom Holmes	79	0.2	New
Majority			7,655	19.3	+4.1
Turnout			39,659	61.1	+3.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+2.1

General election 2001: Halifax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amelia Ramos	19,800	49.0	−5.3
	Conservative	James Walsh	13,671	33.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Durkin	5,878	14.6	+2.6
	UKIP	Helen Martinek	1,041	2.6	+1.1
Majority			6,129	15.2	−7.0
Turnout			40,390	57.8	−12.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Ovenden ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amelia Ramos	898	64.93
	Conservative	Maria Constantino	399	28.85
	BNP	Rachel Clarke	86	6.21
Majority			499
Turnout			1,383	19.02